This guest post by Somrita Sen of the lifestyle blog BeingSen teaches us how financial mindfulness reduces anxiety. Somrita beautifully outlines steps to take towards financial mindfulness, as well as the ways in which it can decrease our daily anxiousness. We are honored to have her guest post on Literally Simple.
Taking a quick break from this month’s topic on finances and “Make More Money May” to reflect on what I’ve learned one year into minimalism. My birthday (today!) marks the one year anniversary on a promise I made to myself to consume less. Consuming less involved less social media, news media, T.V., food products, cosmetics,…
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Before I get started writing about the benefits of student loan debt, I’d like to state my acknowledgement of my personal privilege. This is thanks to my generous parents and also my two older brothers who managed to pay for their college completely with military scholarships. Without their college expenses paid for, I’m not sure…
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Want to simplify your purchases at the grocery store? This list, made up of the 10 foods I don’t buy to stay healthy, cut costs, and produce less waste will support your own health, and actually save you money! Price Per Vitamin When you buy less processed foods you’ll naturally buy more whole foods. Whole…
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Last year my husband and I decided that we would pay off $20,000, on top of automatic payments, to student loans in one year. That seemed like a very aggressive goal, but looking back it was only a matter of focusing our finance priorities. We reached that goal by following the “4 Actions to Meet…
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Any person who finds themselves abruptly with considerably less time, will notice pockets of wasted time. For me, that was when I became a mother. It was no longer my time anymore. It was time to be shared with my daughter and family. An hour long commute seemed exceedingly painful. Not getting home until after…
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